Yet what he did not know was that Lin Jingchen was not as overflowing with sympathy as he imagined, and he did not genuinely trust every friend.
The only person Lin Jingchen believed in was him alone.
Lin Jingchen nodded. "I know. You are definitely not the timid, weak sort; you have your own judgment."
He had known from the very beginning that the little boss he saw today was definitely not the real him.
"Don't you think it's greedy of me to pick up the money that guy threw on the ground?" Bai Chen asked.
After all, in a Mary Sue world, if someone threw money on the ground to humiliate you, nobody would pick it up.
No one would ever pick it up, and people who did were usually the ones others liked because of their pride and self-esteem.
"No. He dirtied your clothes, so paying compensation is only right, but the way that person gave the money is utterly unacceptable." Lin Jingchen truly had not expected Bai Chen to ask that.
Bai Chen: "..."
Oh my god, a human whose values and way of thinking are identical to mine actually exists in this world. Bai Chen was extremely excited.
Finally, someone normal. Of course you make someone pay when they owe you; are you supposed to just walk away? Isn't that stupid?
He nodded, very happy.
There were still five or six patients ahead of Bai Chen: one elderly person and two young ones.
Bai Chen waited for a long time before his number was called, and he took his registration slip and walked inside quickly.
Lin Jingchen had originally intended to follow him in, but Bai Chen suddenly turned around, smiled sheepishly, and said, "Mr. Lin, please sit here and rest for a bit. I can go in by myself."
Hearing this, Lin Jingchen sat back down.
Right, why am I looking after the little boss like a child? Lin Jingchen only now realized that he was paying far too much attention to Bai Chen.
Upon closer reflection, his behavior felt overdone and truly inappropriate.
He definitely had to mind his boundaries next time, or he might frighten the little boss. Lin Jingchen thought to himself.
Inside the consultation room.
The doctor first used a thermometer to check Bai Chen's temperature, then placed a diagnostic instrument against Bai Chen's heart to listen before setting it aside.
After waiting five minutes, Bai Chen took out the thermometer and handed it to the doctor.
The doctor held the thermometer up under the overhead light to examine it.
"Oh dear! It's forty degrees Celsius. Student, how could you drag it out until it got this high before coming to see a doctor? It's very easy to burn yourself silly." The doctor was quite exasperated.
"You young people never take your health seriously. I'll write up a form; go down to the second floor to pay first, and then come back up for an IV drip." The doctor tapped away on the computer.
The printer printed out a slip, and the doctor signed a name on it and handed it to Bai Chen.
Bai Chen took it, muttered a thank-you, and walked out.
When he went out, Lin Jingchen was no longer in his original chair.
He was not worried in the least that the other man had left first; if the other person had something to attend to and had to go, he certainly would have sent him a message.
Bai Chen looked around the hospital for a full circle and found Lin Jingchen on the hospital balcony, with his back to him, holding a mobile phone and making a call.
Although there were no lights over there, Bai Chen could still recognize at a glance that the other person was Lin Jingchen.
After all, very few people could leave Bai Chen with an impression of their back so profound.
The teahouse last time was like this, and this time was too.
He did not walk over, afraid of disturbing the other person.
He simply sent a text message: [Mr. Lin, I'm heading downstairs to pay the fee first, and I'll come back up in a moment.]
He did not wait for Lin Jingchen to reply to the message before heading downstairs.
The second floor was the payment and medicine-pickup area.
After paying the fee, Bai Chen hurried back up to the third floor.
He went to the nurse's station first to hand the slip over to the nurse.
The nurse told Bai Chen to find a seat first while she organized things.
Bai Chen walked toward his previous spot.
Who would have thought that upon seeing the scene that followed, he would halt his steps abruptly.
Lin Jingchen had already finished his call and was sitting in his original chair.
Up ahead, a girl wearing a nurse's uniform was standing not far away, talking to Lin Jingchen.
Suddenly, the nurse held out her phone and said something.
Lin Jingchen maintained a polite smile and waved his hand.
Seeing this, the nurse's expression turned rather poor, and she ran off shyly.
Bai Chen did not walk over; he waited until the nurse left before approaching.
He teased, "Mr. Lin is quite popular."
Lin Jingchen only offered a faint smile and said nothing.
After a little while, another nurse pushed a cart over.
The nurse followed the basic steps for an intravenous drip and pierced Bai Chen's skin with the needle.
After inserting the needle and finishing packing up her things to leave, she caught a glimpse of the handsome young man beside him.
"Oh my goodness, to actually be able to see two handsome guys today-especially this one, he really is handsome..." The nurse felt that working the night shift today was completely worth it.
Bai Chen: "..."
As expected, one could not go to crowded places with good-looking people in a Mary Sue world.
Especially staying together with someone who was an ace among good-looking people-that was even less possible.
Even if Gu Yun came along with him, the result would be the exact same.
Gu Yun was still the protagonist, possessing not only looks but also a halo effect; with the double buff, it was even more terrifying.
Usually, when he and Gu Yun went to the cafeteria to eat, the surrounding guys and girls would all look toward Bai Chen and their side.
It made Bai Chen feel thoroughly uncomfortable while eating, and quite often some students would come over during meal times to strike up a conversation with Gu Yun or confess their feelings.
There were both guys and girls, with males being relatively numerous.
Some even asked him to excuse himself just so they could confess.
He was already very hungry after finishing classes and really didn't want to leave, but since the other person begged him, Bai Chen couldn't very well refuse to leave either, and could only stand outside like a complete dummy.
Yet every time he came back, those who were sad were sad and those who ran off had run off, and he never knew what on earth Gu Yun had said to them.
This sort of thing happened every two or three days, and it was no longer anything novel.
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